Lamentations 2:15-17
Good News Translation
15 People passing by the city look at you in scorn.
They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins:
“Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”
16 All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate.
They curl their lips and sneer, “We have destroyed it!
This is the day we have waited for!”
17 The Lord has finally done what he threatened to do:
He has destroyed us without mercy, as he warned us long ago.
He gave our enemies victory, gave them joy at our downfall.
Lamentations 2:15-17
New International Version
15 All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,(E)
the joy of the whole earth?”(F)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
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